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16W:051: Medicine in World Historical Perspective
TH12:30-3:00pm/SH143
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Instructor |
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5-2287 |
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Office |
SH160 |
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Office Hours |
TH3:00-5:00pm and by appt. |
URL |
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SH280 (phone 335-2299) |
SH 303 (phone 335-2584) |
Texts:
Available at Iowa Book,
Aberth, J. The First Horseman: Disease in Human History, 2007.
Additional articles noted in the course schedule. All are available through JSTOR or Oxford Journals, accessed via www.lib.uiowa.edu
Description:
This course seeks to situate the history of medicine and health in a global historical context. Rather than see the history of medicine as a series of scientific milestones, or the stories of “Great Men,” this class highlights the social and political dimensions of medical science as it was deployed in furtherance of both national and international political agendas. We begin this course with an examination of two important problems: what is world history? what is the history of medicine? We then survey the world history of medicine and disease in the context of a series of case studies that cut across time and space. The course concludes with the drafting and workshopping of your research papers. Lecturing in this course will be kept to a minimum, as the small enrollment provides the optimal atmosphere for in-depth discussion. Students bear responsibility for active participation in weekly discussions centered on assigned readings; a series of small assignments designed to develop research and writing skills; and a major (15pp) research paper that relies heavily on primary documentation. This class is designed to cultivate the research and writing skills that history majors will find useful in other classes. Thus, while the history of medicine in a global context provides the specific content of the class, the emphasis is squarely on the practice of historical research and writing more broadly.
Students with Disabilities:
Students with disabilities are encouraged to make an appointment with the instructor if they want course adaptations, have emergency medical information, require special arrangements in case of building evacuation, or need other special contingencies.
image sources,
l-r: http://www.english.upenn.edu/Projects/knarf/Gifs/leonardo.html; http://www.drly.net/acupuncture.htm